Hi Mark, Some of the CNC4PC boards are almost unmountable.. I think he leaves out the holes to minimize the board space and the cost.. But I sure wish he would add in a half square inch of extra board space for holes!
I'd pay another dollar or two for holes! If I wanted to panel mount that board, I think I would use some 3M mounting tape and attach that to a piece of plexiglass or similar, and then attach a Din rail mount clip to the plexiglass. Just to make it extra secure I might put a ty wrap around the board and through some drilled holes in the plexiglass mounting plate. Winford sells some black Din rail clips (the flat ones with the spring) that works very well. Dave On 9/18/2010 11:45 AM, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: > Dave, > > Thanks for the suggestions. Problem with the board the way > it is, is the DB25 connectors are on opposite sides of the board. A > much better design would have had the DB 25 connectors mounted on the > same side, so that you or I could mount the board to the control box > case, and have the cables from both the computer and the MPG connect > to the board from outside the control box. As it is, there's > practically no easy way to mount the damn thing and make for a clean > cable hookup. Here's a picture of the thing: > > <http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=159> > > Mark > > At 08:56 AM 9/18/2010, you wrote: > >> I don't know why people make boards without holes but here are some >> additional ideas... >> >> 3M mounting tape? (Available at Walmart) Clips that hold the board by >> the edges? Use Electrical tape to tape it to ?? Hot Melt glue ?? >> >> >>>> Gawd, have you guys tried to find >>>> >> a parallel cable that is DB25 to DB25 male to female in any store >> lately? >> >> Ha ha.. yes I have. Go into Best Buy and ask one of the sales guy >> for one.... >> >> you will get a blank stare and questions like.. what is that used for?? >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> On 9/18/2010 8:30 AM, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: >> >>> Got meself an early birthday gift - and MPG3 and a CNC4PC C22 >>> nterface board to go with so's I can plug it into my second parallel >>> port. My question is, since there ain't no holes in the board, what >>> do you guys that have this setup do with the damn C22 board? Stuff >>> it in a shoe box? Heat shrink around the board? Superglue it to the wall? >>> >>> There's a 5' USB cable used to supply 5VDC power to the relay and to >>> the card, so that somewhat limits how far I can move it from the PC, >>> unless I buy a wall wart or something, but then I'm still limited by >>> the parallel cable from the PC to the C22 card, unless I either buy >>> another longer cable or make one. Gawd, have you guys tried to find >>> a parallel cable that is DB25 to DB25 male to female in any store >>> lately? All you get is blank stares, or "well, you can use this USB >>> conversion box." Uh, no I can't... Finally found a cable in a >>> little mom and pop computer store hidden away in the back of a strip >>> plaze. It was used, so he sold it to me for $5. Helluva good deal! >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>> Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances >>> and start using them to simplify application deployment and >>> accelerate your shift to cloud computing. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances >> and start using them to simplify application deployment and >> accelerate your shift to cloud computing. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
